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Open Diary

Swapan Dasgupta

Media as the BJP's only opposition, David Goodhart's new book and a visit to Pakistan

Ashokamitran (1931-2017): A Precise Storyteller

Truth is not stranger than fiction in the world of Ashokamitran (1931-2017)

Meera’s Romance

Love and revenge with a feminist flavour

Beauty of the Moment

The violence of the subcontinent echoes in Nadeem Aslam’s new novel

God’s Kitchen: Celestial Palate

A report from God’s kitchen explains how Lord Venkateshwara is fed

Aurangzeb: Not an Anti-Hindu Despot

Redeeming Aurangzeb from colonial historians

Master of Silkpunk

As Chinese sci-fi goes global, another star rises

A Thousand Tongues

The pleasures and perils of translation came to the fore at a recent literature festival

Mohsin Hamid: We Are All Migrants

Mohsin Hamid writes of war and conflicts as intimate personal experiences in his new novel. The writer in conversation with Nandini Nair

Crime and Enchantment

Reimagining the South Asian detective

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